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WHAT do players do with their spare time in the days leading up to a major game?

Not a lot, it would appear, although it’s a topic that’s rarely raised in public. In preparation for their Guinness All-Ireland hurling semi-final on Sunday, the Tipp hurlers trained in Thurles on Monday night and had a light work-out in Croke Park on Wednesday. They will come together tomorrow prior to leaving for Dublin.

Skipper Thomas Dunne was in Upperchurch on Tuesday night, where all his sticks are produced by local hurley-maker Phil Burke, and from there he travelled on to Thurles to get a